A federal judge on Wednesday (May 6) released a document described as a suicide note purportedly written by the late Jeffrey Epstein and including the line: "It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye."

The note surfaced in July 2019, after Epstein was found alive in his Manhattan jail cell with marks on his neck in what authorities later described as an apparent suicide attempt. According to public descriptions by Tartaglione, the note was tucked inside a book in their shared cell. Epstein died several weeks later, on August 10, 2019, in a separate incident ruled a suicide.

The handwritten note was said to have been found by his former jail cellmate, convicted murderer and ex‑police officer Nicholas Tartaglione. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas, who oversaw the Tartaglione case, released the note after a request by The New York Times, which reported its existence last week.

"They investigated me for month - Found NOTHING!!! So 15 year old charges resulted,” the note says, according to an image of it released in the court file. "It is a treat to be able to choose ones time to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do - Burst out cryin!! NO FUN - NOT WORTH IT!!"

The letter note, handwritten on lined paper, has not been authenticated.

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 in Florida to soliciting prostitution from a minor, a conviction that led to a controversial plea deal and a short jail sentence. He was arrested again in July 2019 and charged with sex trafficking of minors, accused of recruiting and abusing underage girls in New York and Florida.

Epstein, the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 in what was ruled a suicide.

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INTERNET (RELEASED MAY 6, 2026) (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF SCREENSHOT OF HANDWRITTEN LETTER REPORTEDLY ATTRIBUTED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN READING (English):

"They investigated me for month - Found NOTHING!!! / So 15 year old charges resulted. It is a treat to be able to choose ones time to say goodbye. / Watcha want me to do - Burst out cryin!! / NO FUN - NOT WORTH IT!!"